After Victory: Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Rebuilding of Order after Major Wars

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"After Victory: Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Rebuilding of Order after Major Wars" is a seminal work of international relations theory by G. John Ikenberry that analyzes how victorious powers construct stable postwar orders through institutions and self-imposed restraint.

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instanceOf book
work of international relations theory
academicDiscipline international relations
political science
addresses conditions under which defeated and secondary states accept a new order
relationship between power concentration and institutionalization
argues institutionalized orders are more stable than orders based solely on coercion
self-binding and restraint by hegemons increase the durability of international order
victorious powers can lock in their advantages through institutions and rules
author G. John Ikenberry
contrastsWith realist views that emphasize only material power in order formation
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
describedAs seminal work in international relations theory
examines United States post–World War II order-building
post-1815 international order
post-1919 international order
post-1945 international order
focusesOn creation and use of international institutions after major wars
how victorious powers build stable postwar orders
role of self-imposed restraint by great powers
genre international relations
political science
influencedField debates on American hegemony
institutional design in international relations
theory of liberal international order
keyConcept binding institutions
constitutional order
order-building after systemic wars
power transition management
language English
mainSubject hegemonic stability
institutional design
international institutions
liberal international order
postwar international order
power and order in world politics
strategic restraint
notableFor historical case studies of postwar settlements
theoretical synthesis of power and institutions in order formation
theoreticalApproach historical institutionalism
liberal institutionalism
usedIn courses on American foreign policy
courses on international security
graduate courses in international relations theory

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Princeton Studies in International History and Politics notableWorkPublished After Victory: Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Rebuilding of Order after Major Wars
G. John Ikenberry notableWork After Victory: Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Rebuilding of Order after Major Wars